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A section of the administrative boundry line between South Ossetia and Georgian Government controlled territory. Photo: Dominik Cagara/OC Media.

Abkhazia

Russia calls for ‘demarcation of Georgia–Abkhazia and Georgia–South Ossetia borders’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Russia has called for the borders between South Ossetia and Abkhazia and Georgian Government controlled territories to be delineated. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 62nd round of the international discussion on security and stability in the South Caucasus was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Wednesday that the process of ‘delimitation of the Georgian–Abkhazian and Georgian–South Ossetian state borders with their subsequent demarcation’ should be launched.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo via Grozny-Inform.

Chechnya

Kadyrov says military academy in Chechnya struck in drone attack

by Nate Ostiller

•1 min read

Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov has said that a military academy in Gudermes, Chechnya was struck in a drone attack. He did not say who he believed to be responsible for the attack. The academy in Gudermes, colloquially known as the Russian University of Special Forces, was allegedly struck by a drone on Tuesday morning. Kadyrov claimed the building was ‘empty’ and that there were no casualties as a result of the attack, but acknowledged that the roof of the building had caught fire. He added that

Screengrab from video: AptiAlaudinovAKHMAT/Telegram.

Chechnya

Chechen commander orders captured Chechens in Ukraine to ‘kill themselves’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

A Chechen special forces commander has dismissed calls for a prisoner swap with Ukraine, and ordered captured Chechen soldiers to kill themselves so that they could end their ‘journey as men’. On 15 September, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat special forces unit and a Russian Major General, Apti Alaudinov, posted a video on his Telegram channel stating that Ukraine could ‘keep’ Chechen soldiers it had captured. In the video, Alaudinov discussed how he had recently received several vide

Bidzina Ivanishvili at the opening ceremony of a new Georgian Dream office and launch of their pre-election campaign. Photo: Georgian Dream.

2008 August War

Anger in Georgia after Ivanishvili vows to apologise to South Ossetians for 2008 War

by OC Media

•5 min read

Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili has promised to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetians for the actions of the previous government during the 2008 August War, prompting anger and condemnation from relatives of soldiers killed during the war. Ivanishvili made his campaign promise during a meeting on Saturday with residents of Gori, a city located around 10 kilometres from South Ossetia. During the 2008 August War, Gori was repeatedly bombed by Russia, in addition to being occupied by Russi

Armenia

Four Armenians killed in Azerbaijani ‘revenge operation’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

Four Armenian soldiers have been killed in an Azerbaijani ‘revenge operation’, after an Azerbaijani soldier was wounded along the border between the two countries. The incident took place in the south, between the Armenian village of Nerkin Hand and the abandoned Azerbaijani village of Kollugishlag. On Monday evening, Azerbaijan’s Border Service accused an Armenian sniper of firing at an Azerbaijani position near Kollugishlag, wounding one of their soldiers, releasing footage claiming to sho

Azerbaijan

Broadcasting across the line of conflict, but is anyone listening?

by Ismayil Fataliyev

•5 min read

Broadcasting in Armenian across Nagorno-Karabakh, the Baku-based CBC FM hopes to reach out to the region’s Armenian population in order to ‘integrate’ them into Azerbaijani society. But with its frequent parroting of the Azerbaijani government line, the station’s mission remains questionable. ‘I don’t call them enemies, we are neighbours and must live in peace’, says 59-year-old Gulnara Javadova, who is translating into Armenian a text about the current socio-political situation there after th

Chechnya

Opinion | Ukraine has a duty to remove North Caucasian volunteer fighters from the sanctions list

by Aleks Tor

•3 min read

The North Caucasian volunteer fighters of the Sheikh Mansur battalion risked their lives for Ukraine, but now, without official justification, they are on a sanctions list with uncertain legal status. This must end. Six months have passed since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the sanctions list of Ukraine’s Council of National Security and Defence. Unlike previous lists, these sanctions lumped together pro-Russian channels, business owners, international criminals, pro-Russia sep

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Azerbaijan

Georgia rejects asylum request from family of detained Azerbaijani activist

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

1adat

Russian authorities charge Yangulbaev’s detained mother with assaulting prison guard

by Elizaveta Chukharova

•3 min read

Guram Macharashvili addressing the parliament on 12 December. Image: Parliament of Georgia

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgian Dream satellite party People’s Power will exit majority to create ‘healthy opposition’

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Conflict

Russia calls for ‘demarcation of Georgia–Abkhazia and Georgia–South Ossetia borders’

Kadyrov says military academy in Chechnya struck in drone attack

Chechen commander orders captured Chechens in Ukraine to ‘kill themselves’

Anger in Georgia after Ivanishvili vows to apologise to South Ossetians for 2008 War

Four Armenians killed in Azerbaijani ‘revenge operation’

Broadcasting across the line of conflict, but is anyone listening?

Opinion | Ukraine has a duty to remove North Caucasian volunteer fighters from the sanctions list

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